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mitch mcconnell's number one issue for republicans as he stated very clearly is to make this president a one-term president. going back to the fundraising numbers, it is not a surprise he is now raising more money. he is consolidating. all of his rich friends are helping him. >> david, let me ask you this quickly. we had governor rendell on who was head of the democratic party at one point. i asked, why haven't you said that you think president obama will win this election? here is what governor rendell said. >> you said today that the president was going to be competitive but you wouldn't say that he was going to win. why? >> because i don't know he is going to win. i have this strange habit of trying to tell the truth when you ask me a question. i am not sure he is going to win. >> why can't democrats get on the same page. is this great news for your party? >> why should he do that? tv can be like real life. democrats know in their hearts that this is going to be a very difficult election for the president. the fund-raising numbers and the job numbers are the same story. president ob
mitch mcconnell's number one issue for republicans as he stated very clearly is to make this president a one-term president. going back to the fundraising numbers, it is not a surprise he is now raising more money. he is consolidating. all of his rich friends are helping him. >> david, let me ask you this quickly. we had governor rendell on who was head of the democratic party at one point. i asked, why haven't you said that you think president obama will win this election? here is what...
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then came the infamous quote from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who said this just before the mid-term elections two years ago "the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president." senator mcconnell caught so much flak for that, he tried to back pedal and said it was simply his chief political goal. >> our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. >> well that, is true. that's my single most important political goal along with every active republican in the country, but that's in 2012. our biggest goal for this year is to get this country straightened out. >> their story line is that there must be some villain out there who is keeping this administration from succeeding. >> they say democrats want to create a villain, that it's not true that republicans sabotaged the president. but then came the book from robert draper, detailing how the effort to block obama began on the very night of his inauguration with a bevy of lawmakers. but wait, republicans cry foul. they say it's o
then came the infamous quote from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who said this just before the mid-term elections two years ago "the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president." senator mcconnell caught so much flak for that, he tried to back pedal and said it was simply his chief political goal. >> our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. >> well that,...
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mitch mcconnell is actually being critiqued in his home state newspaper with editorials quoting from previous editorials he had written in favor of disclosure, so they've really tied themselves in a knot. >> before i get to senator mccaskill, you're the chief sponsor. have you confronted john mccain, lindsey graham? people like that. how do they hide from this? it seems it would be purely partisan for them not to support this measure. >> like you, i admire senator mccain. he joined me on the brief in the supreme court criticizing citizens united. that was a brave step on his part. in this case, he tells me that there's something in my bill that favors unions. i don't see it. $10,000 across the board. i keep saying john, tell me what it is and we'll talk about it and nobody's been able to show me what it is. >> it's money from, money from corporate -- >> absolutely. >> let me go to claire mccaskill. we're all big fans of yours on this show. we've seen you how as a moderate democratic in the midwest have been fighting for a different kind of politics, right down chose to the middle on
mitch mcconnell is actually being critiqued in his home state newspaper with editorials quoting from previous editorials he had written in favor of disclosure, so they've really tied themselves in a knot. >> before i get to senator mccaskill, you're the chief sponsor. have you confronted john mccain, lindsey graham? people like that. how do they hide from this? it seems it would be purely partisan for them not to support this measure. >> like you, i admire senator mccain. he joined...
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we talked to senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. great to see you. >> good to be back. >> greta: okay. last august, there was a big battle over what to do with the debt seal ceiling and a deal was struck that there would be 3 times that it would be raised. and the third one is now. but in the senate, there was a vote to -- to prevent -- i guess it wasn't a real vote because nobody expected it to prevail. but explain it. >> the congress gave to the president the authority to request us to raise the debt ceiling. he submitted his request. that is subject to a resolution of disapproval, in other words, i don't agree to raising the debt ceiling. if that passes, he can veto it. so it didn't guarantee a debt ceiling increase, dubut it made him ask for it. we thought that was appropriate. he has been in favor of increasing the national debt 35%. we thought the responsibility awl ought to be on him and it is. >> greta: as part of the deal, there was a super committee created it and they were supposed to come up with cuts to figure out how i
we talked to senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. great to see you. >> good to be back. >> greta: okay. last august, there was a big battle over what to do with the debt seal ceiling and a deal was struck that there would be 3 times that it would be raised. and the third one is now. but in the senate, there was a vote to -- to prevent -- i guess it wasn't a real vote because nobody expected it to prevail. but explain it. >> the congress gave to the president the authority...
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on the senate floor today, mitch mcconnell played the harvey keitel role, desperately trying to stop them from going off the cliff. >> democrats say they think it's a good idea to drive the country off of what economists are calling america's fiscal cliff this coming january. you might call this thelma and louise economics. right off the cliff. and starring for the democrats in the role of thelma is senator patty murray. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, then i will absolutely continue this debate into 2013 rather than lock in a long-term deal this year that throws middle class families under the bus. even i think my party and the american people will support that. >> senator thelma understands that this is the only way to get around the grover norquist anti-tax pledge that almost every republican in congress has signed. >> every proposal will be a tax cut proposal. and the pledge will no longer keep republicans boxed in and unable to compromise. if middle class families start seeing some money coming out of their paych
on the senate floor today, mitch mcconnell played the harvey keitel role, desperately trying to stop them from going off the cliff. >> democrats say they think it's a good idea to drive the country off of what economists are calling america's fiscal cliff this coming january. you might call this thelma and louise economics. right off the cliff. and starring for the democrats in the role of thelma is senator patty murray. >> if we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on...
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in particular, mitch mcconnell who often has strange bursts of damaging candor. >> mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader. >> not only said the famous my number one goal is to make barack obama a one-term president, but made it clear, of course we're not going to cooperate with the democrats. if these things looked bipartisan at all, they would have benefitted from them. there was an obvious strategy, to block, to make any victories look ugly. and we also know dave obi, when they started to do a stimulus bill, called in his ranking republican member jerry lewis and said, we want to work with you. go to your members, let us know what things you like, what things you don't like. lewis laughed and said, i've got orders from on high. we're not going to cooperate. there are smoking guns all over the place. >> tom, i look at what's happening here and i agree with you guys. i think the republican party has become very extreme. i also see a large historic trend towards polarization. the parties getting further apart from each other. one thing you say is there's a mismatch between polarized
in particular, mitch mcconnell who often has strange bursts of damaging candor. >> mitch mcconnell the senate minority leader. >> not only said the famous my number one goal is to make barack obama a one-term president, but made it clear, of course we're not going to cooperate with the democrats. if these things looked bipartisan at all, they would have benefitted from them. there was an obvious strategy, to block, to make any victories look ugly. and we also know dave obi, when...
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house speaker john boehner, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. let's listen to those. >> i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> yeah, i support governor romney for president of the united states, and he is going to be the nominee. and as you notice, the party is in the process of unifying behind him. and i think it's going to be an incredibly close, hard-fought race. >> steve, mitch mcconnell forgot to say that mitt romney's going to win. >> well, look. i think if you're the romney campaign, you're just thrilled to death to be outside of this primary window now. and when you have the speaker, you have the minority leader, what they essentially did today is ended the race inside the republican party. mitt romney's going to be the nominee. he has to go through ministerially now the rest of this process, but we're in the general election now. and of course, as you pointed out earlier, mitt romney's going to have a lot of work to do. and to ezra's point, mitt romney's going to have to define what american c
house speaker john boehner, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. let's listen to those. >> i will be proud to support mitt romney and do everything i can to help him win. >> yeah, i support governor romney for president of the united states, and he is going to be the nominee. and as you notice, the party is in the process of unifying behind him. and i think it's going to be an incredibly close, hard-fought race. >> steve, mitch mcconnell forgot to say that mitt romney's...
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mitch mcconnell gets ask what had he thinks about it, and says, i don't know. and this is the guy who's always opposed to anything president obama's in favor of. let's listen to boehner handling the same question. >> i think we all have concerns for those who are caught in this trap, who through no fault of their own are here, but the president's actions are going to make it much more difficult for us to work in a bipartisan way to get to a permanent solution. >> you could just -- just the slowness with which he kind of works his way to that, oh, the president has somehow made this worse. you can just see, he knows he's stuck. >> well, when he started off with the, you know, we all have concern for people who are caught in this trap, i was sort of wondering if he was talking about himself. but, i mean, that's the case. and it's just patently ridiculous, on its face, to think that the president taking action here is what's standing in the way of congress getting their act together on action on illegal immigration and undocumented workers. i mean, the other thing
mitch mcconnell gets ask what had he thinks about it, and says, i don't know. and this is the guy who's always opposed to anything president obama's in favor of. let's listen to boehner handling the same question. >> i think we all have concerns for those who are caught in this trap, who through no fault of their own are here, but the president's actions are going to make it much more difficult for us to work in a bipartisan way to get to a permanent solution. >> you could just --...
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you get a super committee together and mitch mcconnell does not put on one of the three vee up conservative people in the gang of six. if he had one of them on we would have a deal now and not wo be here discussing this. >> if all of these lawmakers and especially the hyperpartisan lawmakers could somehow hide under the cloak of comprehensive tax reform, nobody could say i did anything bad. if they could all get together and make it lo like no one was raising your taxes and no one was cutting your services, we were just hitting a reset on the way we are in america, that's the only way we can do it if nobody has to say. >> if partisanship or hyperpartisanship is who we are and we as voters or you the viewer are the one to blame, who does reset that? who the hero we're looking for? >> right or left, i don't care, i want somebody that can get it done. >> the most simple answer is it is a concept. it is a concept of responsibility. unfortunately responsibility usually comes through the guise of crisis. will you see europe come to terms with the concept of responsibility. it is not a hero on a w
you get a super committee together and mitch mcconnell does not put on one of the three vee up conservative people in the gang of six. if he had one of them on we would have a deal now and not wo be here discussing this. >> if all of these lawmakers and especially the hyperpartisan lawmakers could somehow hide under the cloak of comprehensive tax reform, nobody could say i did anything bad. if they could all get together and make it lo like no one was raising your taxes and no one was...
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. >> exclusive interviews with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and democratic campaign adviser robert gibbs. and then a sputtering economy with douglas holtz-eakin and mark zandi, and also dana bash. >> if we are going to succeed, we have to face the problems squarely. >> and bill bradley on how to fix a broken washington and what we can all do better. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> not the best of weeks for the romney campaign. it was under fire for sources as not ready for prime time when a senior adviser said that obama care is fine for when buying insurance is not a penalty and a tax. a big oops in the republican world world because the republicans have used the supreme court decision to say it is a tax. reset. >> the supreme court said it is a tax, right. it is a tax. >> too late for the conservative "wall street journal" who blistered the romney campaign for looking confused and politically dumb. mr. romney promised republicans he was the best man to make the case against president obama who they desperately want to defeat. and so far, mr. romney
. >> exclusive interviews with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and democratic campaign adviser robert gibbs. and then a sputtering economy with douglas holtz-eakin and mark zandi, and also dana bash. >> if we are going to succeed, we have to face the problems squarely. >> and bill bradley on how to fix a broken washington and what we can all do better. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> not the best of weeks for the romney...
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compassionless conservative delivered by one mitch mcconnell. thanks so much for watching. "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> when is a tax not a tax? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish. what we have here is a failure to communicate. from the moment the supreme court upheld the individual mandate kauing it a tax, republicans saying aha, see, president obama raised taxes. but today, r mitt romney's chief spokesman told chuck todd no the mandate is not a tax after all. why would he say that? if it is, it means romney raised taxes with his plan in massachusetts. this is why santorum said romney would be the worst to carry the antireform message into the fall. also, we're hearing that chief justice roberts planned to strike down the mandate, but switched his vote. plus, count on seeing the obama campaign keep up their attacks on bain capital. both campaigns admitted the attacks on mitt romney's business experience, they're working and
compassionless conservative delivered by one mitch mcconnell. thanks so much for watching. "hardball" picks things up right now. >>> when is a tax not a tax? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish. what we have here is a failure to communicate. from the moment the supreme court upheld the individual mandate kauing it a tax, republicans saying aha, see, president obama raised taxes. but today, r mitt romney's chief spokesman told...
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. >> mitch mcconnell says 13 million people in this country without health insurance is not the issue. but i thought that this was precisely the issue. because unless these people are brought into the system, they're not only miss out on all kind of preventive care, they'll also continue to use a system they do not contribute towards, so it's exactly that and yet mitch mcconnell says it's not the issue. >> again, misinformation. demonizing legislation and i think many have in the even read. if they did, they would also understand that 98% of americans would not be paying a penalty, but more importantly, 30, 40 million, the number keeps going up and down, it's the exact issue of individuals who lay on sick beds an hospitals without opportunity for insurance coverage and when i say they lay on sick beds, they're in emergency rooms because they can't get into hospitals because they have to go right out the door or maybe some of them fall sick right at the door of the emergency room because they're checkinging cards and coverage and i understand hospitals. they've got to survive and those
. >> mitch mcconnell says 13 million people in this country without health insurance is not the issue. but i thought that this was precisely the issue. because unless these people are brought into the system, they're not only miss out on all kind of preventive care, they'll also continue to use a system they do not contribute towards, so it's exactly that and yet mitch mcconnell says it's not the issue. >> again, misinformation. demonizing legislation and i think many have in the...
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senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hired jesse benton to be his press secretary. now, you might ask, who is jesse benton? jesse benton was ron paul's press secretary in the 2008 presidential election. he was rand paul's campaign manager during his 2010 senate run and then he was ron paul's campaign manager during his 2012 presidential run. so this is a guy who has been as anti-establishment, and as pro-paul as any republican in the country. in fact, for rand paul, the son, to get to the senate, he first had to win a primary against mitch mcconnell's hand-picked candidate in kentucky. it was the true believer conservative outsiders against that entrenched washington establishment. now one of the truest of the true believers is moving into a key position on mcconnell's campaign. but in some ways the move shouldn't be too much of a surprise. to a degree people i think really don't appreciate, ron paul's dramatically changed the face of the republican party. not on everything, of course. his attitudes on foreign policy and on the drug war haven't gotten him very far.
senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hired jesse benton to be his press secretary. now, you might ask, who is jesse benton? jesse benton was ron paul's press secretary in the 2008 presidential election. he was rand paul's campaign manager during his 2010 senate run and then he was ron paul's campaign manager during his 2012 presidential run. so this is a guy who has been as anti-establishment, and as pro-paul as any republican in the country. in fact, for rand paul, the son, to get to the...
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. >> yes, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who would dearly like to be senate majority leader, and lot of it depends on the toch tickp of the ticket do. the ballot and the first is president, and that choice has a lot to do with who you pick down ballot, and mitch mcconnell definitely has a lot of skin in the game as they say. so, you know, we want to talk to him about how he thinks that mitt romney has been doing, and a rough week for the romney campaign, and robert gibbs, the senior adviser to the obama campaign and the economic numbers we got this week not so great and the question is, is there some sort of floor where the figures could go when it begins to hurt the president, because so far, he has been certainly able to keep this a tie if not keep an advantage in so some of the polls we are seeing. >> well, that is an interesting conversation and we are look forward to it. keep cool in washington. >> well, it is cool here. >> and thank you, candy for that, and of course, stay here for "state of the union" with candy crowley, and set your clocks at 9:00 a.m. eastern and 6:0
. >> yes, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who would dearly like to be senate majority leader, and lot of it depends on the toch tickp of the ticket do. the ballot and the first is president, and that choice has a lot to do with who you pick down ballot, and mitch mcconnell definitely has a lot of skin in the game as they say. so, you know, we want to talk to him about how he thinks that mitt romney has been doing, and a rough week for the romney campaign, and robert gibbs, the...
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there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california. >> nothing could be more insincere than to pick on professional staff on a typographical error. >> well, you just saw house democrats and house republicans fighting over whether a typo, a typo in a bill could be fixed or not. i wish i was kidding. i am not kidding. so that was congress today. the senate voted on a pair of totally meaningless bills. the house fought about a typo. if any of this comes s as a surprise to you, you probably have not been paying close attention. this is not just a bad congress or even a pretty bad congress. i think the case can, should, and probably must be made that this is one of
there's mcconnell to remind you it was all just posturing. thank you, mitch mcconnell. meanwhile, what was happening in the house today? >> i would ask the gentleman from virginia if he would be willing -- or let me rephrase that, he would not object to a unanimous consent in the house to correct a typographical error made. >> madam chairman, this member will reserve the right to object at the appropriate time. >> reclaiming my time -- >> gentleman from california....
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an exclusive with one who hasn't, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. then -- >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> the house republican idea guy, wisconsin congressman paul ryan on his state's tuesday primary and budget politics. plus -- >> it is up to iran's leaders to make the right choice. >> the policy and the politics with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in election 2012. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> a new cnn orc poll shows president obama's job approval rating is over 50% for the first time since last june, but americans are worried about rising gas prices, and in an election year, when americans worry, politicians act. the president wants congress to end tax breaks for big oil. >> it's time they got by without more help from taxpayers, who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank. >> it will never get by congressional republicans. joining me from louisville, kentucky, senate
an exclusive with one who hasn't, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. then -- >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> the house republican idea guy, wisconsin congressman paul ryan on his state's tuesday primary and budget politics. plus -- >> it is up to iran's leaders to make the right choice. >> the policy and the politics with house intelligence chairman mike rogers and ranking democrat. then never too late to talk vp stakes in...
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>> no, it's mitch mcconnell's own words. it wasn't to create jobs, but take one job away from the president of the united states. >> you're a great guest, good luck with the dccc. thank you david corn, your book is called "showdown." coming up, a great book promotion by the way. why is romney ducking the press. he says he doesn't have to answer your questions. he is laughing about it. is he afraid of the questions. and bain capital, that's where you work and get rich, explain the money. show us how you made the money. this is "hardball," a place for president clintons. where's it going to come from? ♪ that's why right here, in australia, chevron is building one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. what's it going to do to the planet? natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. we've got to be smart about this. it's a smart way to go. ♪ today training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who tr
>> no, it's mitch mcconnell's own words. it wasn't to create jobs, but take one job away from the president of the united states. >> you're a great guest, good luck with the dccc. thank you david corn, your book is called "showdown." coming up, a great book promotion by the way. why is romney ducking the press. he says he doesn't have to answer your questions. he is laughing about it. is he afraid of the questions. and bain capital, that's where you work and get rich,...
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and when mitch mcconnell blamed that on the democrats, well, out came -- >> that is poppycock. >> that is awesome. what happened in the senate today aside from the poppycock reference was something truly remarkable. in a chamber that has been essentially paralyzed by filibuster after filibuster on nearly everything on the last two years, there were two votes held in the senate today that were not filibustered, that only needed a simple majority to pass. 51 votes to pass, just like the founders intended. and these weren't meaningless votes. weren't naming postal offices. these were votes of consequence. it was about what to do when the bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year. democrats and republicans each got the chance to put up their own plan for a popular vote in the senate and to see what happened. republicans went first. their bill would have extended the bush tax cuts for everyone including all incumbent millionaires and billionaires. that bill failed. it was defeated by nine votes including two republicans who crossed party lines to vote against it. then it was the democrats
and when mitch mcconnell blamed that on the democrats, well, out came -- >> that is poppycock. >> that is awesome. what happened in the senate today aside from the poppycock reference was something truly remarkable. in a chamber that has been essentially paralyzed by filibuster after filibuster on nearly everything on the last two years, there were two votes held in the senate today that were not filibustered, that only needed a simple majority to pass. 51 votes to pass, just like...
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so harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy please elosi on the house to say here are the number of democrats i could get if you offer a compromise package. but this is really a tough situation because there's so little time left and we've already seen the markets impacted by this. so if we do go over the cliff, if you look at the polls, most americans saying republicans will bear the brunt. they will blame republicans, but the bottom line is the president will get a lot of blame as well because this is going to impact a lot of people. >> right. nbc's kristin welker keeping us honest at the white house. we will stand by. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> joining us for analysis are two of my favorite guys, both former chairs of the democratic committee, pk to you both. >> karen. >> thanks, karen. >> governor rendell, i'm going to start with you, what do you make of this meeting? to some degree -- do we really expect we're going to get some substance out of this meeting or is this more for the optics so both sides can say they tried one more time? >> i think it's a little more for the opt
so harry reid, mitch mcconnell, nancy please elosi on the house to say here are the number of democrats i could get if you offer a compromise package. but this is really a tough situation because there's so little time left and we've already seen the markets impacted by this. so if we do go over the cliff, if you look at the polls, most americans saying republicans will bear the brunt. they will blame republicans, but the bottom line is the president will get a lot of blame as well because this...
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mitch mcconnell asked. we agree with the old mitch congressional. we believe that voters have a right to know. we believe in full disclosure and all senator mcconnell and the house republicans need to do to ensure that full disclosure is vote in favor of the disclose act when they bring it up in the senate and sign discharge petition that we filed today to bring up the disclosed act in the house of representatives. we hope that they will do that. thank you. >> thank you very much, congressman van hollen. when the decision came down under chris van hollen's leadership, we did pass a disclose act in the house. it won't over to the senate which of course had only 59 democrats and we couldn't only democrats and we couldn't get one republican despite public statements of mcconnell and others they abandoned that because they knew they didn't want accountability and transparency and contributions that are made under something that is so bizarre that the court would say any and all money secret or otherwise from who knows where, should be allowed into our s
mitch mcconnell asked. we agree with the old mitch congressional. we believe that voters have a right to know. we believe in full disclosure and all senator mcconnell and the house republicans need to do to ensure that full disclosure is vote in favor of the disclose act when they bring it up in the senate and sign discharge petition that we filed today to bring up the disclosed act in the house of representatives. we hope that they will do that. thank you. >> thank you very much,...
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. >>> senator mitch mcconnel says the president is pushing his idea of fairness with the buffet rule. polls show the country is all about fairness. bernie sanders is here on today's vote, on the rule, and we'll talk about that. rising gas prices are good news for republicans. the campaign manager of the colorado congressman scott tipton thinks so. more details later in the hour. we'll be right back. hair can b. challenge that. olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle balm then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. olay hair removal duo. [ male announcer ] while others are content to imitate, we'll continue to innovate. the lexus rx. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? see your lexus dealer. why settle for a copy when you can own the original? an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. liberty mutual auto insurance. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutritio
. >>> senator mitch mcconnel says the president is pushing his idea of fairness with the buffet rule. polls show the country is all about fairness. bernie sanders is here on today's vote, on the rule, and we'll talk about that. rising gas prices are good news for republicans. the campaign manager of the colorado congressman scott tipton thinks so. more details later in the hour. we'll be right back. hair can b. challenge that. olay smooth finish facial hair removal duo. first a gentle...
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senator mitch mcconnell, after a break. [ chuckles ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now you'll know when to stop. [ hk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. [ male announcer ] get the mileage card with special perks on united, like a free checked bag, united club passes, and priority boarding. thanks. ♪ okay. what's your secret? [ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. ( dog barking ) this is the plan that revolves around you. introducing share everything. unlimited talk. unlimited text. and a single pool of shareable data that powers up to 10 devices. the first plan of its kind. share everything. only from verizon. >> chris: we want to get the gop view of this week's big
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>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it could happen again. >>> and survivors tell us about their desperate struggle on the night their cruise ship capsized off the italian coast. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. >>> it was a horrible plunge from seven miles high that ended at the bottom of the atlantic ocean. now investigators have released their final report, detailing why 228 people aboard an air france jet plummeted to their deaths three year
>> mitch mcconnell, top republican on the senate side, we'll get his view of how he thinks the romney campaign is going. and also, what does the senate plan to do between now and november? >> 9:00 a.m. eastern/noon eastern, "state of the union with candy crowley." thanks very much. >>> a horrible plunge from seven miles high, 228 lives lost over the atlantic. investigators largely blame pilot air for that air france crash. we're taking a closer look at whether it...
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with the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell. >>> plus, obamacare and the 2012 elections. we'll ask our sunday panel how the core's big ruling will play on the campaign trail. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ and hello again from fox news in washington. >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the supreme court issued its historic ruling in obamacare this week. but, that didn't end, the intense debate. joining us from new york, to discuss the ruling and how the law will be implemented is white house chief of staff, jack lew. welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good to be with you, chris, good morning. >> chris: now that the court has upheld obamacare, does the president feel that the law is safe or does he believe it must clear another hurdle in the november election to take full effect. >> one thing that is great about our system is when the supreme court rules we have a final answer, the law is constitutional. it spans -- we will proceed as we were proceeding to implement the law and, that is what the american people want is for the divisive debate o
with the senate's top republican, mitch mcconnell. >>> plus, obamacare and the 2012 elections. we'll ask our sunday panel how the core's big ruling will play on the campaign trail. all, right now, on fox news sunday. ♪ and hello again from fox news in washington. >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. the supreme court issued its historic ruling in obamacare this week. but, that didn't end, the intense debate. joining us from new york, to discuss the ruling and...
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a comment on camera is from the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. >> i join my colleagues in strongly condemning the murder of these innocent americans. and i support employing every available tool at our disposal to ensure the safety of americans overseas and to hunt down those responsible for these attacks. >> reporter: so, members of congress certainly feel the responsibility to try to do what they can to get to the bottom of this and for senators, craig, there's a more personal responsible because they vote to confirm an ambassador like the one lost today. there is politics and heard from republican senators coming without a bit more strong language. jim demint of south carolina publicly said he sides with governor romney saying he has it right. also, the oklahoma republican jim inhofe and said he criticized the president and the administration's foreign policy saying there's a record of appeasement and apology. those are very strong words. also, from the house side, the armed services chairman and said that this is a sign that weakness can be provocative and beginning
a comment on camera is from the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. >> i join my colleagues in strongly condemning the murder of these innocent americans. and i support employing every available tool at our disposal to ensure the safety of americans overseas and to hunt down those responsible for these attacks. >> reporter: so, members of congress certainly feel the responsibility to try to do what they can to get to the bottom of this and for senators, craig, there's a...
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it's the old guard, vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i thought it was a good meeting. >> the united states of america will not for the first time in our history default on its obligations. >> reporter: with just 27 hours to go, the biden/mcconnell framework evolves into a deal, which essentially postpones hard decisions until after the election. you really say in the book, nobody was in charge? >> in washington. >> reporter: and is that a failure of leadership? >> you know, some people are going to say he was fighting a brick wall, the republicans in the house and the republicans in congress. others will say, it's the president's job to figure out how to tear down that brick wall. in this case, he did not. >> is that the president's fault? >> well, my conclusion is, presidents clinton, president reagan, and if you look at them and criticize them for lots of things, they by and large worked there well. >> and he did not? >> on this president obama did not. >> but here in an election year there are going to be people who say you're delivering some amm
it's the old guard, vice president biden and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i thought it was a good meeting. >> the united states of america will not for the first time in our history default on its obligations. >> reporter: with just 27 hours to go, the biden/mcconnell framework evolves into a deal, which essentially postpones hard decisions until after the election. you really say in the book, nobody was in charge? >> in washington. >> reporter: and...
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that mitch mcconnell is worried about -- we have a mandate for the president but mitch mcconnell is worried about people to his right both in his own caucus and in his own state and he's going to come out and disrespect the president like that. >> i just want to read it real quickly because i have it in my hand now what mcconnell had said. he did start by saying he extends his sincere congratulations to the president and the vice president. however, he said, "the american people did two things. they gave president obama a second chance to fix the problems that even he admits he failed to solve during his first four years in office and they preserved republican control of the house of representatives. the voters have not endorsed the failures or excesses of the president's first term. they have simply given him more time to finish the job. they asked him to do together with the congress the restored balance to washington after two years of one party control." all right. so when we come back we're going to dig deeper into the counties that decided this election. our richard lui is going to be
that mitch mcconnell is worried about -- we have a mandate for the president but mitch mcconnell is worried about people to his right both in his own caucus and in his own state and he's going to come out and disrespect the president like that. >> i just want to read it real quickly because i have it in my hand now what mcconnell had said. he did start by saying he extends his sincere congratulations to the president and the vice president. however, he said, "the american people did...